Richmond

Summary

Richmond is a town^[1]. Richmond ranks in the top 0.61% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (836 views/month, #58 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Richmond is located in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames^[3].
• Richmond is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Richmond is on the body of water River Thames^[5].
• Richmond's image is recorded as Richmond Riverside, London - Sept 2008.jpg^[6].
• Richmond's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Richmond's instance of is recorded as area of London^[8].
• Richmond's founder is recorded as John Cloake^[9].
• Richmond Palace is named after Richmond^[10].
• Richmond's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129258475^[11].
• Richmond's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81019317^[12].
• Richmond's IdRef ID is recorded as 028238451^[13].
• Richmond's postal code is recorded as TW9^[14].
• Richmond's postal code is recorded as TW10^[15].
• Richmond's Commons category is recorded as Richmond, London^[16].
• Richmond's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[17].
• +1501-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Richmond^[18].
• Richmond's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ1874^[19].
• Richmond's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.456, 'lon': -0.301}^[20].
• Richmond's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dzq6^[21].
• Richmond's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1245383^[22].
• Richmond's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Richmond, London^[23].
• Richmond's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 2df2bbc1-e61f-44aa-bbd7-25c57729fe98^[24].
• Richmond's population is recorded as {'amount': '+21469'}^[25].
• Richmond's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0055524^[26].
• Richmond's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Richmond is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Richmond is located in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames^[3]. Richmond is on the body of water River Thames^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Richmond's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.38'}^[28]. Richmond's population is recorded as {'amount': '+21469'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7] and area of London^[8].

History and Context

+1501-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Richmond^[18]. Richmond Palace is named after Richmond^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Richmond include Richmond^[29], an independent city in the United States^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1607^[32]; Richmond Park^[33], a park^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1625^[36], headquartered in United Kingdom^[37]; and Richmond County^[38], a county of Virginia^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1692^[41].

Why It Matters

Richmond ranks in the top 0.61% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (836 views/month, #58 of 9,456).^[2] Richmond has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Richmond is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Richmond include Richmond^[29], an independent city in the United States^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1607^[32]; Richmond Park^[33], a park^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1625^[36], headquartered in United Kingdom^[37]; and Richmond County^[38], a county of Virginia^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1692^[41].